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| Originator | Day, Robert |
| Designer | Sherborn, Charles William, 1831-1912 |
| Engraver | Sherborn, Charles William, 1831-1912 |
| Style | Book plate |
| Bookplate Type | Mixed (Pictorial/Armorial) |
| Bookplate Function | Ownership |
| Institutional or Personal | Personal |
| Date | 1894 |
| Dimensions | 86x115 mm |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Coverage-Spatial | Cork (Ireland) |
| Bookplate Text | ROBERT DAY J.P. | F.S.A. M.R.I.A. | 1894 / CWS 1894 / EX LIBRIS / [on ribbon:] SIC ITUR AD ASTRA / [on open book:] Ex libris Album |
| Description | Within an elaborate carved frame, a plaque with coat of arms. Escutcheon: per chevron or and azure, three mullets countercharged, over all, a crescent countercharged for difference. Crest: two hands conjoined proper fixed to a pair of wings, the dexter wings or charged with a mullet azure, sinister wings azure charged with crescent or. Motto: Sic itur ad astra (Thus you shall go to the stars). Frame: Half naked woman, a quill in one hand leans on a manuscript placed on the armorial plaque near a burning oil lamp; objects depicted from lower left, counterclockwise: compass, within which a pelican in her piety, an Irish harp, open "Ex libris album', medal, case of coins or medals, cornice piece, paintings. |
| Rights | Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; For more information, please contact the Rare Book and Manuscript Library: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/7016277 |
| Collection | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
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| Local Identifier | exlibris0221.jp2 |
| Repository/Holding Library | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
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